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25 Jul 06

Outlandish theories: Kings of the (hollow) world - Editorials & Commentary - International Herald Tribune

  • The hollow earth theories may seem outlandish and may be far-fetched in scientific logic and reasoning.But as children we had fantasies ofthe hollow earth,of holes in the poles at the bottom of which lay a different civilisation. - adukuri on 2006-07-25
  • There are two Hollow Earth theories. According to the first one we live on the
    crust, but there is another world on the inside where lies, some say, the realm
    of Agartha, the home of the King of the World (see, for example, the fantasies
    of French philosopher René Guénon).
     
    The second theory has it that while
    we think we live on the outer crust, we actually live in the interior (on a
    convex surface instead of a concave one).
     
    One of the first Hollow Earth
    theories was proposed in 1692 by English astronomer Edmund Halley (he who
    discovered the comet), who suggested that the Earth was composed of four
    spheres, each embedded in the other like so many matrioshka dolls, illuminated
    by a luminous atmosphere and perhaps inhabitable.
     
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